Imagine standing along the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, but instead of seeing the downtown skyline you see Native American shellmounds, a roller coaster and grizzly bears. That’s the idea behind ...

Hearing Oakland police sirens outside your bedroom? Now you don’t even have to look outside to find out what’s going on. The Oakland Police Department last week launched its real-time crime mapping ...

OAKLAND — Many longtime Oakland residents have heard of the Key System, the bus and streetcars that served commuters in the East Bay for decades before the advent of BART. But few probably know about ...

In today’s world, there has never been a bigger demand for transparency than when it comes to how law enforcement reacts to crime. So to meet that demand, the city of Oakland, Calif., is launching its ...

New boundaries and a reduced number of seats have been set for the Oakland County Board of Commissioners starting with the 2023-24 term. The Oakland County Apportionment Commission, which is made up ...

Those looking for their favorite and some of the best holiday lights in Oakland County will have an easier way of finding them, thanks to the return of the Oakland County Holiday Lights map. It was ...

The new program Oakland Slow Streets launching Saturday will close 74 miles of streets to through traffic to give Oakland residents more space to safely walk, run and cycle during the coronavirus ...

Matthew Myers and Ben Grant love maps. But they're less fond of mapping things out. They're not the sort of guys who'd plot out the quickest route through town using MapQuest. They're more likely to ...

Queer and lesbian oral storytelling professional Elena Botkin-Levy's Mapping Queer Oakland brings the city's diverse and unique LGBTQ stories to light. San Francisco usually "gets all the praise and ...